THE VIEW FROM RHOS HILL: SHAMANISM – The Crystal Path to the Otherworld

We often share our shamanic journey experiences when in circle. I've also found it's appreciated when I share the notes I take on my journeys with others So this series will document journeys I've experienced in the past.

All these journeys will be found this SHAMANISM PAGE.

It is wise, if beginning to work shamanically, to build up ones skills and protections first. Do this step by step, by taking short (10 minute-is) journeys to begin with.

The first stage is:

HOW TO DRUM Read about my first experiences of Shamanic journeying, and learn how to find drumming advice, and how to record your journeys. The Journey to the Otherworld: A Way of Starting your Shamanic Path

FIND YOUR HOME CENTRE.

Call this what you want, it is your safe space in the otherworld; your Mundi, your sacred garden or wild wood, or even a comfy lounge or a sun-drenched beach. Start all journeys from here, and always go back to this place; either when you need reassurance, or when you hear the call-back sign.

FIND YOUR ALLY

This is the animal form ally that will keep you from psychic harm and guide you on most of your journeys.

HOW TO KEEP RECORDS I spoke to the Glastonbury Druid Moot and took my shamanic Journal with me. https://viewfromrhoshill.blogspot.com/2016/04/meeting-glastonbury-pagan-moot.html

THE KEEPER OF THE LORICAS

An added protection is always a good idea.

This journey was taken in April 2000.

https://viewfromrhoshill.blogspot.com/2023/08/finding-your-lorica-prayer-for.html

At a Shamanic Gathering, we we all asked to journey to find ourselves a Lorica,

https://www.learnreligions.com/the-breastplate-of-saint-patrick-542668

A song to protect from, harm, either physical, emotional or spiritual. Sometimes, the verse is also called the 'breastplate' as in this, the breastplate of St Patrick.

Sometimes called a Caim, a word with a Scottish root meaning loop, the Lorica or Caim conjures an image of a sanctuary. It is created when in fear, danger or distress, by using one's hand to form a circle around oneself, while reciting the verse. Click the link above to read about this journey.

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IN THE MOORS

The atmosphere of the Somerset Levels, which are startlingly beautiful, and the wetlands, which are often dark and raw, form the backdrops to In the Moors which give the book a richness and an undertone of fear. A body found buried in the eerie depths of the Somerset Moors leads shaman Sabbie Dare to uncover repressed memories of her client, Cliff, who has been charged with a child's murder . . . Library Journal: Sabbie Dare is the most compelling protagonist I’ve met this year, and Milton’s tale is riveting…the visceral suspense Milton creates is commendable, not to mention terrifying. I like pairing her work with Elly Griffiths’s atmospheric English mysteries.

THROUGH THE FLOODGATE

THE SHAMAN MYSTERIES

Ronald Hutton, author of Pagan Britain and The Triumph of the Moon: Nina Milton has created a unique fictional world in her Shaman Mystery Series, featuring Sabbie Dare as a young shaman. With Beneath the Tor she passed the ultimate test of a writer, that of causing me to put off useful jobs which I really should have been doing, in order to see what happens next. She has become a mistress of plot-weaving, and above all, she pulls off the trick of setting the totally fantastic amid the totally everyday and making the two fit together with pace and excitement—Mara Freeman, author of Kindling the Celtic Spirit and Grail Alchemy: ’A real page-turner, In the Moors cost me several hours of sleep because it was so un-put-downable! An engaging heroine, a landscape at once so real and so menacing, and an intriguing mystery had me enthralled into the wee hours!’ Verified Amazon review: The writing is excellent. The weaving of the Arthurian legends into the book adds quite another dimension to the Sabbie Dare stories. It is mystical and intriguing. The atmosphere of 'otherness' works well. I really enjoyed the smooth transition from what is - to what might be. Hidden among the ancient tales in the mists of Avalon. The plot is complex, and dare I say devious, it twists and turns to the final climax. Nina Milton is to be congratulated on this most original and intriguing story. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2020: Warning: when you read this book make sure that you are going to have some free time, as once you've started you won't be able to stop turning the pages. Sabbie Dare is a great character, and the descriptions of her shamanic therapy practice and the part it plays in her understanding of the central mystery are enthralling and have an authentic feel to them.

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SHAMANISM – The Crystal Path to the Otherworld